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Eurovision 2023: Watch the stand-in rehearsals of Czechia and Moldova!

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It has already been two months since the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. 37 performers stepped on the stage of the M&S Bank Arena giving it all and representing their countries in the biggest song competition in the world, after months of intense preparations.

The impressive stage performances that they pulled off were first tried on the Eurovision stage a few days before their arrival through simulations, known as stand in rehearsals. Stand in rehearsals are usually executed by local artists and performers so all participants can know in advance the television result of the performances. On a later stage, they have the opportunity to ask for changes during the technical rehearsals executed by the representatives themselves.

A few days ago the stand-in rehearsals of Switzerland, Israel, Serbia, Portugal, Italy, Finland and Cyprus were leaked, as well as that of Austria.

A little while ago two more rehearsals were released and they are none other than those of Czechia and Moldova.

What do you think of the two stand-in rehearsals? Did you see any difference between this and the final performance?

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Moldova: Pasha’s Parfeni favorite picture and his special way of asking for financial help!

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This year the official Eurovision account on social media hosts every participant of Eurovision 2023 and they all share their favorite photo in their phone gallery. Today was Pasha’s Parfeni and Moldova’s turn.

 

The photo that Pasha decided to share was picturing his car and he mentioned the following:

Actually, it’s my car and I’m selling it, because we really need some money. So, if you want to support our team at Eurovision Song Contest, just text me!

Indeed it is a special way of asking for financial help. Although, we cannot know for sure whether Pasha Parfeni is joking or not. The truth is that he might be commenting on the high cost needed to be covered in order for an artist to participate in Eurovision as well as the difficulty of retrieving these funds. These obstacles are much more difficult to be overcome from small countries, such as Moldova, which is often described as the most poor country in Europe.

A similar comment was also stated with a tweet of Joker Out!, the representatives of Slovenia in Eurovision 2023. Joker Out! are worried how will their belongings fit inside the 20kg suitcase that they are entitled to bring.

https://twitter.com/JokerOutBand/status/1650097007069896704?cxt=HHwWgICx9YefqeYtAAAA

One thing is for sure…that every artist will be there and they will do whatever it takes, even if that would require them to sell their own car!

Moldova is participating with Pasha Parfeni and Soarele și luna in the 1st semifinal on May 9, performing 10th.

You can also watch the reaction video of EurovisionFun on Soarele și luna below:

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Moldova: Ministry of Culture announced financial support for Pasha Parfeni!

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A few hours ago, the Ministry of Culture of Moldova, announced its plans for the financial support of their representative in Eurovision 2023, Pasha Parfeni.

Pasha Parfeni, the representative of Moldova in Eurovision 2023, met with the Minister of Culture of the country, Sergiu Prodan, who wished him success and announced that they are going to financially support, Moldova’s participation in the contest. The Minister added that he wants Pasha to bring Eurovision to Moldova.

“The Minister of Culture wished success to the performer and his team, but also to bring Eurovision to Moldova with the song “Soarele şi luna” (The sun and the moon). The Ministry of Culture has provided substantial financial support for the development of the Moldovan artist at this year’s edition of the contest”

Pasha Parfeni, returns to the contest eleven years after his first participation in Baku, Azerbaijan back in 2012.

Moldova is scheduled to perform 10th in the first semi-final which is going to take place on May 9 in Liverpool.

https://youtu.be/3I0we0lhDic

You can watch the reaction of our editors, enjoying the Moldovan entry for Eurovision 2023:

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Source: moldova1.md

Poland: The Polish Eurovision Party 2023 is today!

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Today, for the second year in a row, the Polish Eurovision Party 2023 will take place in Warsaw. The hosts of the evening will be Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016) and Konrad Zemlik (the organizer of the event).

At this year’s Polish pre-party, twenty-five artists will appear, who are participating in this year’s Eurovision or have participated in the past.

The Eurovision 2023 entrants who will perform tonight are:

  • Albina & Familija Kelmendi – Albania
  • Alika – Estonia
  • Diljá – Iceland
  • Joker Out – Slovenia
  • Let 3 – Croatia
  • Mae Muller – United Kingdom
  • Monika Linkytė – Lithuania
  • Pasha Parfeni – Moldova
  • Piqued Jacks – San Marino
  • Reiley – Denmark
  • Sudden Lights – Latvia
  • The Busker – Malta
  • Vesna – Czechia
  • Wild Youth – Ireland

The remaining sixteen artists who will accompany this year’s participants are:

  • Anne-Marie David – Winner of Eurovision 1973 with Luxembourg
  • Eye Cue – North Macedonia 2018
  • Felivers – Tu bije serce Europy 2023 (Polish National Final)
  • Filip Baloš – Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 (Serbian National Final)
  • Gromee – Poland 2018
  • Inis Neziri – Festivali i Këngës 56 & 59 (Albanian National Final)
  • Krystian Ochman – Poland 2022
  • Kuba Szmajkowski – Tu bije serce Europy 2022 & 2023
  • Lindsay Dracass – United Kingdom 2001
  • Melovin – Ukraine 2018
  • Oceana – Unser Song für Dänemark
  • Poli Genova – Bulgaria 2011 & 2016
  • Senhit – San Marino 2011, 2020 & 2021
  • Slavko – Montenegro 2017
  • Sunstroke Project – Moldova 2010, 2017
  • Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019 with Poland

 

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Moldova: Pasha Parfeni has filmed his postcard for Eurovision 2023!

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The Moldovan representative of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the well-known to the fans Pasha Parfeni has filmed his postcard, a short introduction video that will be shown just before his performance in the First Semi-Final.

The filming took place in the Orheiul Vechi canyon in Moldova, in collaboration with the BBC and the theme of it is tree planting, as we can see Pasha planting a tree, as well as many blossomed trees around him.

 

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A post shared by Pasha Parfeni (@pashaparfeni)

The following acts have confirmed the filming of their postcards:

  • Croatia: Let 3 – “Mama ŠČ”
  • Germany: Lord of the Lost – “Blood and Glitter”
  • Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay”
  • Moldova: Pasha Parfeni –“Soarele și Luna”
  • Poland: Blanka – “Solo”
  • Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”

Moldova is scheduled to perform 10th in the first semi-final which is going to take place on May 9 in Liverpool.

https://youtu.be/se9LDgFW6ak

You can watch the reaction of our editors, enjoying the Moldovan entry for Eurovision 2023:

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Moldova: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry “Soarele și luna”!

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The Etapa Națională ended a few days ago, the Moldovan national final through which the audience and a jury chose the country’s 19th entry for the Eurovision contest. The big winner of the night was Pasha Parfeni with “Soarele şi luna”.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official video clip of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Christos, Aps and Katerina in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on the participation of Moldova, for 2023!

Video Editing: @xristosrpk

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Moldova: Pasha Parfeni will represent the country with the song “Soarele şi luna”!

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The Moldovan National Selection “Etapa Națională 2023” took place today at 18:00 CET and lasted for three hours. During today’s show we’ve seen ten acts perform their consecutive songs they’d written specifically for Eurovision Song Contest. Among the contestants, we have happened to see three returnees who brought really great results to Moldova previously.

This was the running order for the National Selection.

  1. Donia – “Red Zone”
  2. OL – “Why You Play It Cool”
  3. Victor Gulick – “Let’s Dance”
  4. Surorile Osoianu – “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”
  5. Cosmina – “Indestructible”
  6. Nördika – “Damn and Down”
  7. Aliona Moon – “Du-mă”
  8. SunStroke Project – “Yummy Mommy”
  9. Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele şi luna”
  10. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”

Pasha Parefi represented the country in 2012 with the song “Lautar’, Aliona Moon in 2013 with the song “O Mie” and SunStroke Project managed to represent Moldova twice in 2010 and in 2017, while getting the best result for the country in the latter year.

Moreover, among the songwriters we can spot a Eurovision 2023 contestant Mia Nicolai, who will be representing the Netherlands along with Dion Cooper with the song “Burning Daylight”. Mia wrote Corina Ivanov’s song “When Love’s Real”.

https://youtu.be/UOf-oKDlO6A

Two of this year’s Eurovision contestants, Sudden Lights from Latvia and Theodor Andrei from the neighbouring country, Romania, also have performed during the show. Blanka from Poland was also invited to perform during the show, however she couldn’t make it.

These were the results of the jury/tele voting. Pasha Parfeni was favoured by both tele and jury which made him the obvious winner of the NF and the Moldovan representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

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Moldova: Tonight the Etapa Națională 2023 Final!

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The process to select Moldova‘s representative for Eurovision 2023 continues today. The Eastern European country will use a national final for the first time in three years to select the artist to compete in Liverpool..

Format

Live auditions began on January 28th at noon, in the public television studios. The auditions will be broadcast live on the Moldova 2 channel and on its website, as well as on www.eurovision.md.

The score were given exclusively by a jury. The composition of the jury was known only on the day of the hearing. The panel will consist of an odd number of judges (three or five) and will be different from the national final panel.

On January 28, Moldova 1 channel hosted a special show for the live auditions and announce the finalists who will take part in the national final. According to the rules, the ten artists with the highest scores in the live auditions will compete in the national final.

The final result will be determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the audience. Jury members will vote via ballots containing the song titles and artist names. So they will share two sets of scores from 1 to 12 just like in Eurovision. The song with the highest overall score will be declared the winner of the national final.

Participants

In the list below you will see the 31 artists and their nominated songs for Etapa Națională 2023:

    1. Donia –  “Red Zone”
    2. OL –  “Why You Play It Cool”
    3. Victor Gulick –  ”Let’s Dance”
    4. Surorile Osoianu – “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”
    5. COSMINA –  “Indestructible”
    6. NÖRDIKA – “Skueeze Paradise”
    7. Aliona Moon –  “Du-mă”
    8. Sunstroke Project –  “Yummy Mommy”
    9. Pasha Parfeni –  “Soarele şi luna”
    10. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”

Etapa Națională final start at 18:00 CET and will be broadcast live on TRM and through the public television website for the contest by clicking HERE.

But until we find out who will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. Last year, Moldova was represented for the third time by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in seventh place in the grand final and at the same time in second place in the public vote:

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Moldova: Online voting for the first time in Etapa Națională 2023!

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On March 4, starting at 18:00, the Etapa Națională 2023 will take place. For the first time, TRM offers viewers the opportunity to vote for free, online, for the artist that will represent our country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The online and free voting system is implemented as an novelty within the National Preselection. It aims to facilitate broad public participation in the selection of the winner of the Etapa Națională 2023 and increase the transparency of the entire process. In this sense, the number of votes cast by viewers will be displayed in real time on the screen. The implementation of this accessible, secure and innovative voting system is an new action of the Public Broadcaster’s Digitization Strategy.

Online voting will be available after the “start voting” announcement. In order to vote, viewers will go through three steps:

  1. They will access the link or scan the QR code displayed on the screen and register with their mobile phone number on the voting platform. Persons abroad can also register on the platform, if they have a mobile phone number registered with operators in the Republic of Moldova
  2. Viewers will receive a confirmation code via SMS to the registered phone number.
  3. After entering the confirmation code on the platform, viewers will be able to choose their favorite song from the list of 10 contestants of the National Final.

From the same phone number, you can vote only once, for one competitor. 

With the implementation of online voting, viewers will have more time to express their choice, 35 minutes being granted in this regard.

The final result will be determined by 50% jury vote and 50% public vote. The members of the jury will vote by ballots that will include the titles of the tracks and the names of the participants. They will award competitors between 1 and 12 points just like Eurovision. The track with the highest total score will be declared the winner.

But until we learn who is going to represent Moldova in Eurovision 2023, lets remember their song for last year’s contest.  Last year, Moldova was represented by Zdob şi Zdub and the Advahov Brothers for the first time with the song “Trenuleţul” which finished in 7th place in the Grand Final while also managing to secure the 2nd place in the televote:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Moldovan participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: eurovision.md

Moldova: Etapa Naţională 2023 running order released!

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The running order for the Grand Final of Etapa Naţională 2023 was announced today.

10 acts are still competing to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.  The national final will take place in March 04, 2023 on TV Moldova 1.  The winner of Etapa Naţională will depend on the jury and public voting both representing 50% of the total score.

Here is the running order of the Moldovan national final:

  1. Donia – “Red Zone”
  2. OL – “Why You Play It Cool”
  3. Victor Gulick – “Let’s Dance”
  4. Surorile Osoianu – “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” (Bathe, little boy, little girl)
  5. COSMINA – “Indestructible”
  6. NÖRDIKA – “Damn and Down”
  7. Aliona Moon – “Du-mă” (Go)
  8. Sunstroke Project – “Yummy Mommy”
  9. Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele şi luna” (The sun and the moon)
  10. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”

Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers represented Moldova in Eurovision 2022 with the song Trenulețul.  The song ended in 7th place in the Grand Final with 253 points receiving the second highest result from the televote, only behind Ukraine.

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